Welgamage Surname
Approximately 300 people bear this surname
Welgamage Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Welgamage Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welgamage Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Welgamage is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Welgamage? popularity and diffusion
The last name Welgamage is the 893,754th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 24,291,820 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Welgamage are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
The surname is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Without taking into account Sri Lanka Welgamage occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weligamage | 95 | 3,085 | / |
| Welagamage | 95 | 1 | / |
| Walgamage | 89 | 819 | / |
| Weliwagamage | 86 | 1 | / |
| Walagamage | 84 | 1 | / |
| Wilamage | 82 | 8 | / |
| Belamage | 82 | 8 | / |
| Walgamuwage | 80 | 1 | / |
| Welcomage | 78 | 1 | / |
| Welcomeage | 74 | 4 | / |
| Belamagi | 71 | 106 | / |
| Welcomege | 67 | 5 | / |
| Belammagi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Belamaggi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Belgamazi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Belgamazzi | 63 | 17 | / |
| Belgamachy | 63 | 6 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Welgamage
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